WRIA 62 WMP 032305 - Washington State Department of Ecology

March, 2005 -119- 023-1289-003.3040
WRIA 62 WMP 032305
TABLE 7-5
SEPA Analysis for Growth and Land Use Actions
GR&LU-1: There is a need to information on current and projected water supply and demand
with land use.
Management Action SEPA Analysis
1. The Watershed Planning Unit recommends that a representative
of the Watershed Planning Implementing Body be involved with
the County Planning Commission and County comprehensive
planning processes.
2. The Watershed Planning Implementing Body will assess
available water supply in the areas expected to experience the
most population growth (i.e. the Calispell, Davis, Skookum, Kent
and McCloud sub-basins). Note that improved understanding of
streamflows in WRIA 62 is needed to determine water
availability within these sub-basins.
3. The Watershed Planning Unit recommends that the Watershed
Planning Implementing Body assist Pend Oreille County in
addressing Critical Areas ordinance and updating the shorelines
master program.
4. The Watershed Planning Unit recommends that findings from the
Phase II technical assessments and water needs assessment (see
GR&LU 1-2 above) are integrated into local water system plans
and county, city and town land use plans.
5. The Watershed Planning Unit recommends that Pend Oreille
County consider water supply information when updating land
use designations to ensure consistency between the
Comprehensive Plan land use designations and the WRIA 62
Watershed Management Plan technical findings and
recommendations.
6. The Watershed Planning Unit recommends that Pend Oreille
County require proof of water availability from the applicant
prior to amending Urban Growth Area (UGA) boundaries. The
proposal for expansion should include documentation of the
ability of the city / town / development (if it is to be self-served)
to provide adequate water. Burden of proof is on the applicant.
Domestic wells of 5,000 gallons per day or less serving one
household are not included in this burden of proof.
7. The Watershed Planning Implementing Body will coordinate subbasin
specific needs with alternative water supply options
including reuse, reclamation, and conservation (e.g., development
of a regional water supply using water withdrawn from the Pend
Oreille River and treated).
Other SEPA
Other SEPA,
Study
Other SEPA
WP 38, WP 40
Other SEPA
WP 38, WP 40
Other SEPA
Other SEPA
Other SEPA